[Resolved] Retaining HTML text formatting during and after posting

[daf_cr]

ok, short and simple, i lose all html text formatting when i post text to a variable,

this

is
a

Stupid Test

once posted in a textarea box and echo'd comes out as:

this is a Stupid Test

How can i stop this and keep the new lines?

Daf.

[LordShryku]

[man]nl2br[/man]

[daf_cr]

for some reason that didnt do anything for me.. i duno why

Daf.

[LordShryku]

Let's see what you're doing...
The way it works is during output. So if they entered

Hello
My
Name
Is
Bob

You insert that in the database, then when you go to output it, you use nl2br

echo nl2br($text);

[daf_cr]

ah ha.. i got it wrong by using the function wrong..

nl2br($text);
echo $text;

instead of

echo nl2br($text);

Cheers.

Daf.